Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-07
1NrERsrArE COMMISSION.
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MOnOpOiizfng it's Attention.

The ssLOng, and ssShort Haul,
Monopoiizing it's Attention.
WASHINGTON, Arpil GA petition has
been received by the Interstate Com.
merce Commissioners to-day from the
General Manager of the South Carolina
railroad for the relief from the opera.
tions of the fourth section ('long" and
"short haul" sectioD) of the Interstate
Commerce law, a petition having like
purpese having been received from the
General Manager Of the Georgia Pacific
Railroad Company. The Commissioners
were in conference two hours or more
this morning, over petitions for the sus.
pension Of the "long" and "short haul"
provision, but took a recess without hav.
ing reached any conclusion.
AT the afternoon session the Commits
sion made the following ruling: The
Interstate Commerce Commission, at a
session of said Commission held at its
rooms in this city Washington April
9th, 1887, in the matter OF the petition
Of the Southern Railway and Steamship
Association, application having been
made to the Interstate Commission
under Section 4 Of an act of Congress
entitled, "An act to regulate Com
merce," by the Southern Railway and
steamship Association, common carriers,
subject to the provisions OF said act, for
authority to charge less for large
than for shorter, distances, in Ger.
tain cases-that is to say, for
transportation of property from and to
Boston, Providence, New York City,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Alexandra,
Va, Cincinnati, vicksburg. Miss Mem.
phis, Tenn, Nashville, Tenn, and
points southerly Iherefrom, and from
and to said last.naried points, each with
the other 30 far as the same one situated
IN different States nt higher rates than
are charged from and to the same points,
to and from local points and intermedi.
ate points last enumerated over the same
lines, and certain of said railroad
companies lines ard systems have also
eeverally made application of like au
thority, SO far as said points are reached
by them respectively. and said common
carriers, having PRESENTED as reason
for granting that said application TIL
existence Of water md other competi-
ton, claiming tha the sale cannot be
met except by n aintaining the rates
heretofore established to and from said
points, which are alleged to be too low
to enable said common carriers to carry
on business if applied to local
intermediate points. and furtAer
claiming that a great distur rbascc
of business will occur if the present
traffic arrangements and rates are i'm.
mediately changed and it appears to
the Commission after an investigation OF
the said petition and the facts presented
in support therefore to be proper case
Of temporary order authorizing the ex.
isting rates to be maintained for the
time being until the Commission can
make O complete examination of the
matter alleged, relieving said common
act, it is ordered that the ap
plication be and the same is hereby
granted temporarily, subject to modlf.
cation or revocation by the Commission
at any time, upon hearing or otherwise.
and said common carriers are hereby
temporarily relieved from said operation
of the fourth ssptioss Of said act to the
extent specified in the recitals of this
order and for period not greater than
ninety days from this date, subject,
however, to the restriction that none OF
said common carriers, while this order
remains in force, shall in any
case charge or receive compensation
for sportation of property between
stations on their respective lines where
more is charged for shorter than
4 H. eha11 Lo 70,
rates in force and charged and received
by said carriers respectively on
the 3lst day of March, 1887, schedule
of which has been filed with the Com.
mission. 1t is made further condition
of this order that printed copy
hereof shall be forthwith pub.
licly posted and kept with
the schedule of rates, fares and
charges at every station upon the lines
of said common carriers, when such
schedule is by law required to be posted
and kept for the use of the public; and
it is further ordered that the commits
sion convene at Atlanta, Ca, on the
l6 h day Of April, 1887, at 3 O'Clock P.
M, and thereafter at Mobile, Ala, April
29,h, New Orleans May I'd, and at Mem
phis on May 4th, for the consideration
of the subject, at which times
said common carriers, or any of them,
may appear and present application for
said relief with evidence in support
thereof, which applications in each case
must show the precise relief desired, the
facts upon which the same is claimed
and the extent to which relief from the
operation from said section of said act is
asked for; and at the same place and
same time any persons interested in OPP
posing any such application may also be
heard, and at any time prior to May 6,
1887, the commission will receive printed
or written communications in support
or opposition TO the relief asked for by
said petitions. This announcement, rep.
the time and places of hearing
and method of procedure, is subject to
change or enlargement, in the discretion
of the Commission.
(Signed) I. Cooley,